Good morning. I am going through the normal reduction of the pain medication they gave me when I left the recovery room. The pain is minimal now after over three days, but my emotions are rearing their ugly heads! My brain is telling me that I need to get some more of those pills, but thanks to Higher Power, the old timers and over three decades of meetings and doing the Steps every year, I know that over-the-counter pain medication will suffice. All I have to do is remember where I always ended up when I listened to my DISEASE. I don’t want to ever go back there; be that person I always ended up living in my skin with. On the other hand, most of the pressure is off because much of the packing has dissolved, the swelling is almost all gone and the doctor seems to have removed that hump in the middle of my nose. I am starting to get air through my nose again which will make eating a lot more enjoyable. I am grateful that I only had to go through a little discomfort rather than having the packing pulled back out of my nose like others told me happened to them. Anyway, my sinuses are supposed to be able to drain like they are supposed to now and I should not get as many sinus infections that go into my lungs and exasperate my COPD. I am tired of being sick all of the time, and I miss hugging when my immune system is compromised. My doctor didn’t want to let me go through the surgery because my heart is bigger than it was last year. I asked her if that meant I cared more now, but she didn’t think that was funny and told me, “You are not taking this serious!” Thanks to Higher Power, more blood and heart tests, and my insistence that I was willing to take the risk, she finally told me, “Go for it!” A few more days of no narcotics in my body, flute music and healing (body, mind & spirit) and I should be ready to go back to meetings and my normal positive life. I have fought depression since childhood and found that, just like everything else, this too shall pass – as long as I don’t get too comfortable in the poor/pour me attitude. I focus on positives until I can feel them again and more positives come into my life. GRATITUDE for all of my blessings has always been my answer. Thank you for your continued prayers and calls. It is nice to know I have such caring friends even when they can’t do anything except tell me to hang in there. Love ya.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:51:48 +0000
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